Sr Equipment Technician-Timebound

Location

This position is onsite at the DE Karn 3&4 plant located in Essexville, MI. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate.

This position is a time‑bound full‑time opportunity designed to support a specific business need with an anticipated duration through the cold and dark transition with an anticipated duration through approximately 2031. As a time‑bound employee, you will receive competitive compensation and full benefits consistent with company policy.

The Senior Equipment Technician is responsible for overseeing the repair, maintenance, and requisitioning of long‑lead‑time substation, plant, and field equipment and related materials, approving drawing cycle administration, tracking, closeout, and continuous improvement based problem‑solving activities. The Senior Equipment Technician ensures all equipment and repair adheres to internal safety standards and local, state, and federal regulations. They maintain, operate, and troubleshoot complex electronic, electrical, mechanical, and other equipment for plant systems, repairing and calibrating electronic components and resolving process control software issues using diagnostic instruments and various software.

Knowledge of national electrical code and requirements for installations in hazardous environments is required. They also have responsibility for updating training materials and providing training to new employees and keeping current staff informed of any new or updated equipment and processes and procedures.

• Calibrate, maintain, repair and replace complex field devices for plant instrumentation and control and plant equipment.
• Develop plant system knowledge by working and receiving coaching from Instrumentation & Control Lead for continuous learning purposes.
• Requisition and select long‑lead‑time equipment and materials in Service Now and SAP pursuant to substation project scopes. Resolve complex associated questions and details where appropriate; seek guidance from supervisor. Use data and tools to select battery strings and chargers. Initiate RFP cycles, select bidders, evaluate bids and select successful bidders, and involve in performance decisions. Identify stock‑vs‑non‑stock related tasks.
• Effectively communicate with internal stakeholder departments (Planning, Substation I&C, Electric Field Lab, Construction, Operations & Maintenance, Field Technical Services, EERC, Closeout, Property Accounting, System Protection) to resolve equipment related details (e.g., switch sketches related to existing installations) along with complex control design changes, implementation, testing, and tuning of plant equipment.
• Lead improvements to enhance equipment performance and reliability. Develop cost reduction initiatives through effective utilization of materials and resources during the troubleshooting process.
• Drive technical support to Operations, Maintenance and Dam Safety departments. Include Dam Safety inspections and monitoring and Environmental Health & Safety responsibilities (Storm Water certified, contamination sampling, drinking water certified, Underground Storage Tank certification, monitoring gas and diesel containment systems).
• Track project milestones and deliverables in spreadsheets and/or databases. This includes requisitioning tasks, approval drawings, drawing cycle comment consolidation/resolution, final documentation, test report archival. Lead continuous improvement forums (e.g., quality, missing parts, damaged equipment problem‑solving associated with stakeholder feedback). Monitor performance and provide analysis and recommendations.
• Maintain complex digital control system(s) through installation of updates (patches), logic updates/changes, tuning, graphical upgrades, and reporting.
• Perform daily calculations and reports for CEMS operations during the absence of the site CEMS technician.
• Other duties as assigned or may be necessary.

• Strong communication skills (oral and written).
• Experience with CAD/PDF markup systems.
• Construction knowledge and experience.
• Self‑motivated and organized.
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